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Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Fearless Females 5 - A Dance Floor Meeting -

Fearless Females" is a blog In honour of National Women's History Month in the USA. Suggested by Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist, it provides 31 Blogging Prompts for March. For March 5th - Do you know the story of how your parents met ?

I know exactly how my parents met, as my father often talked about it and wrote it down in his "Early Memories".

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Blackpool Tower from the North Pier

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My mother (Kathleen Danon) was born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, a few miles from the north west seaside resort of Blackpool. She and her sister, Edith, often went dancing in the Winter Gardens Ballroom and in Blackpool Tower Ballroom.

Dad (John Weston) had recently moved to Blackpool to work and here is his story as told in his "Early Memories".

"One Saturday night I was in the Winter Gardens when I saw a young lady sitting on a settee. She got up and we said "Hello". I tried to find her again in the evening without success, even going to the exit door to watch people leave. Two weeks later I was at the Tower Ballroom and who should come along but two ladies - and you have guessed that was your Mum and Aunt. Mum stopped to say "Hello" and we started talking and had a good chat. I asked if she would come to the cinema the next night and offered to come for her and take her home. She agreed. I thought it was rather brave of her to come with me when we had only just met to talk together.

I am in awe of the way you are always weaving together your photos and stories! I admit I should comment more often, but I am a lazy wordpresser and love the ease of my "like" buttons :)Also love reading your blogKassie aka "Mom" Maybe someone should write that down...

The story of how your parents met brought a smile to my face. It reminds me of a movie - the brief encounter in passing to say hello, your father trying to find her all evening and then meeting up again two weeks later. Wow...being married over 60 years is quite an accomplishment. Wonderful story - thanks for sharing. :)

About Me

I have been interested in family history for years. It all began when I was allowed as a child to look through the old family photographs and memorabilia kept in a shoebox in the cupboard at my grandfather's house. That treat started me on a fascinating ancestral trail.